QUALITY TIME
Holidays are times for memories to be made, enjoying quality time with family. If you're celebrating Passover or Easter, The Pleasantville Farmers Market hopes to help some of those memories be delicious food ones, and our vendors have many seasonal foods to make your gatherings unique. Please review the many ideas and highlights below.
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Highlighted Recipe:
Pork Chops with Cider-Glazed Apples
This week's recipe is from the archives of The Valley Table Magazine. If you're looking for a ham Kiernan Farms has them, nitrate-free and conveniently sized. But for those seeking to tweak the tradition of an Easter ham, try this delicious recipe which can be scaled down for two, or up for a larger group. After marinating 24 hrs, the pork chops can be grilled outside, or cooked in inside. Its also a fast recipe, which pays off when your the host. Seek out Kiernan Farms for 1" chops, Mead Orchards for apples and cider, Spice Revolution for ingredients for the brine, Pure Mountain Olive oil for oil, and Amazing Real Live Food Company for some Ronnybrook butter.
To review the full recipe click here.
Horseradish With That?
Newgate Farms and Madura Farms have horseradish roots and beets for those who wish to make their own grated horseradish. If you don't want to horse around with making your own, Pickle Licious will have their own fresh horseradish, red or white, which is a great condiment for Passover and Easter. And by the way, if you're celebrating Passover this week, place some Pickle Licious Tapenade on matzoh with cream cheese for a yummy treat.
Bring The Host A Gift
Red Barn Bakery visits tomorrow with beautiful organic asparagus savory tarts, Italian Easter pies, creative savory scones, and additional sweet treats.
Make No Bones About It
Lamb bones from Cowberry Crossing Farm, and the many root vegetables we have this time of year, would make a wonderful broth. This week Cowberry's lamb bones are 25% off, which is wonderful as well.
Can You Dye Brown Eggs?
YES! Yellow Bell Farm has brown eggs that are perfect for devilishly good deviled eggs. But brown eggs also make amazing jewel-like colors when dyed. Our in-home research suggests increasing the amount of vinegar by as much as half, and allowing the eggs to soak in dye longer. For some eggs, two minutes was enough. Some of the darker eggs needed between five and eight minutes. The longer they soak, the darker the hue. White House Easter Egg Roll Trivia: The first took place in 1878 on President Rutherford B. Hayes’ lawn, after a law was passed forbidding children to play on the Capitol grounds. (Obviously President Hayes loved screaming kids seeking colored eggs more than our leaders on Capital Hill).
Phelps Health Tips
Longtime Market Sponsor Phelps Memorial Hospital Center visits Saturday with wellness materials and healthy conversation. Learn more about their broad range of services, advanced modern facilities, and efforts to help our community achieve optimal health outcomes at phelpshospital.org. Phelps knows the connection between food, health and happiness, and they have shared a few tips for this week's newsletter:
Phelps Health Tip: Benefits of Beets
For added color, flavor and nutrition, top your next salad with chilled, sliced beets; or try marinating steamed beets in fresh lemon juice, olive oil and fresh herbs. They are low in sodium and provide less than 1 gram of fat per serving. Beets are also rich in several nutrients, including fiber, potassium and vitamin C. You can't beet that!
Phelps Health Tip: Benefits of Chocolate
This time of year, drug stores and grocery stores stock their shelves with bunny and egg shaped treats which are loaded with sugar, syrups, and hard-to-pronounce stuff. While we wouldn't tell you to forego candy completely (that's just cruel), you can choose healthier chocolate by keeping a few things in mind. To reap the benefits of dark chocolate, choose treats like those from Spice Revolution with high amounts of cacao. Cacao has been shown to help lower blood pressure and reduce the risk for coronary heart disease. Dark chocolate is rich in flavonoids, also found in red wine, fruits, vegetables and tea. So, in moderation, enjoy!
Support The Market: Business Supporters Program
Fundraising provides an important contribution to the Market's operating funds, ensuring it can continue to showcase a diverse and unique selection of farm fresh, regional products for Village residents. Support of the Market by area businesses is gratefully acknowledged through our Business Supporter Program. Supporters are listed on our Kiosk at the Market, and on our website with live links. Please visit the Supporters page to see our current Business Supporters, consider supporting them with your patronage, and use the email link there to send a message if you would like to have your business join this program as well.
When Is The Market Moving Outside?
The Market remains indoors all April and half of May, then moves outside after a one week break. Here are some dates to mark in your calendar:
May 10 - LAST INDOOR MARKET of the season
May 17 - MARKET CLOSED for transition
May 24 - OPENING DAY, Market at Memorial Plaza!
